Burning The Midnight Oil
At the beginning of April I bought a used car. I'd saved up for about two months, and had been searching the usual, craigslist, ebay. Nothing looked too promising and there were a couple of maybes but as soon as I asked to see the car the person on craigslist broke contact. It seems a lot of craigslist is divided between scammers who are looking for other scammers that might think they can out scam other scammers or people who are not ready to give up their cars selling them for blue book value. Words like, "No tire kickers!" or, "No Joyrides!" or even, "Don't waste my time." obviously are looking to either waste your time, or get something for nothing. Theres no way I'd buy a car without test driving it first, and of course a practical person would look for anything that might signify a safety hazard or a risk. I was pretty lucky because just around the corner I saw a for sale sign on an older Honda Civic Hatchback. I called the guy an...